Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

Notably, San Franciscos separate Bayside facility has also been operating under an expired NDPES permit, incurring Clean Water Act violations, and reason clean water advocates threatened to sue in 2024. Fencl Looming Deadlines analysis shows sh*t coming to your shores soon All of the above is further complicated by climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

This past week, I attended the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting in Hangzhou, China. In previous posts, Ive explained what the IPCC is, why this assessment cycle is crucial , and highlighted its role in climate action. Whats Next for the IPCC?

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 2, 2022

Summer tourism, sea level rise, and storm surges threaten East Coast wells. Saltwater is poised to intrude and render five more wells unusable by 2024, said the Hilton Head Public Service District. Hilton Head is fast becoming a prominent test case of rising sea levels and intense coastal storms heralded by climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

This past week, I attended the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting in Hangzhou, China. In previous posts, Ive explained what the IPCC is, why this assessment cycle is crucial , and highlighted its role in climate action. Whats Next for the IPCC?

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Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2025

Malaysia is at high risk from the effects of climate change. Additionally, sea levels around Malaysia are projected to rise by a maximum of 3 to 10 mm by 2030 and 11 to 21 mm by 2050. The subsequent 2023-2024 El Nio event proved even deadlier, with 5 fatalities out of 127 reported cases of heat-related illnesses.

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Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2024

After much anticipation and deliberation, the California legislature approved a $10 billion climate bond measure just before the summer recess began on July 3, 2024. billion to combat sea level rise. Other projects include extreme heat mitigation, improved outdoor access, and investment in nature-based climate solutions.

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Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2024

On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered a long-awaited Advisory Opinion on climate change and international law. This marks the first time that an international tribunal has issued an advisory opinion on State obligations regarding climate change mitigation.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Organic practices enhance soil health and biodiversity, foster resource regeneration, and help mitigate and build resilience to climate change. Similarly, Clemson University received funding to develop salt-tolerant rice cultivars for organic farms affected by rising sea levels. However, challenges remain.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 8, 2025

All of Seldovia draws its water from a single reservoir, which sits within city limits no more than 200 feet above sea level. Some people have talked about the possibility of the wetlands drying up due to climate change. And then it started to dawn on us, Cameron says. Wow, there hasnt been very much rain.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

As the climate changes, so should we. Record-setting heatwaves, devastating flooding, and more severe and frequent wildfires have shown us that climate change is at our doorstep. However, in order to impact the Central Puget Sound 2024 comprehensive planning process, HB 1099 must be passed this year.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2024

"Sharing data-backed information in a user-friendly tool is critical to helping the many local officials, policymakers and planners in the Basin struggling to understand how to take action in the face of climate change," said Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, DRBC’s Deputy Executive Director and project lead.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Last Friday, December 20, 2024, the Sabin Center submitted an amicus brief to the New York State Court of Appeals the states highest court in support of the City of New York in Glen Oaks Village Owners, Inc., Climate change is already having adverse impacts on communities across New York State. City of New York.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2025

The request follows similar initiatives at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas (ITLOS, see here and here ), the International Court of Justice (ICJ, see here and here ), and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR, see here ).

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E2 Law Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Addressing these issues will be at the forefront for various government entities in 2024. Climate Change and Ongoing Regulations – Climate change issues, such as rising sea levels, continue to affect developers and commercial property owners in Florida.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Unseen and Unprotected: The Ongoing Struggle of Climate Refugees in the United States by Isaiah Gonzales and Professor Siu Tip Lam I. Introduction As climate change accelerates, environmental disasters will leave millions homeless. Historical Background of Climate Change The scientific consensus on climate change is undeniable.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 21, 2024

UCLA Emmett Institute executive director Cara Horowitz recently wrote here about the Dodgers’ long relationship with 76 and asked why in 2024, is LA’s most famous team elevating a Big Oil brand atop their scoreboards? Sadly, there’s nothing forward-thinking about an oil and gas sponsorship.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 23, 2024

She is passionate about helping fisheries manage their way through climate change and furthering ocean conservation efforts. The black cod population that spans the coasts of the United States and Canada is currently healthy, but as the climate and ocean conditions change, their long-term future is uncertain.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 24, 2023

The RMI compact was renewed in 2003, and now all three Compacts are up for renewal: the Compacts with Micronesia and the Marshall Islands will expire Oct 2023, and Palau’s will expire in 2024. In the past, the United States has denied any further responsibility for ongoing harms related to over a decade of nuclear testing.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 6, 2023

WMO Secretary-General Peterri Taalas laid the facts bare, stating: “Greenhouse gas levels are record high. Sea level rise is record high. Antarctic sea ice record low.” degrees C ceiling because, for that to happen, the level of warming would need to be sustained for longer. degrees C is bad enough.

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Law Columbia

MAY 27, 2024

Introduction ‘Historic’ and ‘unprecedented’ are two adjectives that could easily apply to the advisory opinion rendered by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on May 21, 2024. Of course, these adjectives have also been used to describe many other recent judgments delivered on the topic of climate change.

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HumanNature

APRIL 16, 2024

Guest Post by Mohamed Abdelhafez , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University The Challenge of Sea Level Rise Imagine your favorite beach town slowly disappearing beneath encroaching waves. Source: NOAA. Zervas, and S.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2024

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued an advisory opinion on April 21, 2024 in response to a request submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS). It accepted the definitions provided by the IPCC (para. 157 as used in para.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 28, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen With its highest elevation at 170 metres above sea level, Denmark is one of the lowest-lying countries in Europe, and so the Scandinavian country is especially vulnerable to climate impacts such as sea level rises. The 2024 report of Home Moving House Indicator says that 19.3%

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A Greener Life

MARCH 24, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen The United Nations (UN) has released a dire warning about the scale of climate impacts reported in 2023. The annually released report, the State of the Global Climate found that average temperatures hit the highest level in the 74 years of record-keeping by a significant margin reaching 1.45

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As a Māori leader with an interest in customary land, Smith argued that the defendants’ actions would harm him through impacts related to rising sea levels, loss of sites of cultural and spiritual significance, damage to fisheries, and adverse health impacts. The Supreme Court’s 7 February 2024 decision is a preliminary one.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2023

1, 2023 [ Senate Resolution 136 ] House passed a resolution extending it one year to June 12, 2024, Republicans opposed. Of Environmental Professionals 2023 Annual Conference Sept. 20-22 In State College [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Sept.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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Law Columbia

MAY 29, 2024

The Advisory Opinion handed down by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on 21 May 2024 is truly remarkable. Under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ), States must now take all necessary measures to prevent, reduce and control GHG emissions. of the Paris Agreement. 4 and 1/CMA.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The decision flies in the face of the advice of the secretariat of the World Heritage Convention which had recommended that because of slow progress in addressing the dual threats of climate change and over-tourism, Venice should be placed on its “in danger” list. Sea level rise and worsening storms are wreaking havoc.

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Capaccio

APRIL 22, 2024

On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a set of disclosure rules that require some public companies to include climate-related information in their annual financial reports.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

billion to combat sea level rise. Other projects include extreme heat mitigation, improved outdoor access, and investment in nature-based climate solutions. Prop 4 would authorize issuance of $10 billion in bonds, which would provide $3.8 billion for safe drinking water and groundwater, $1.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

We’re now in the midst of “Danger Season” – the months between May and October when we witness extreme events turbo-charged by climate change. But first we need major investments in climate resilience. This decade, the American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that $2.58

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 27, 2023

Many low-income nations are already reeling from the impacts of climate-related extreme weather like floods and droughts , as well as slow-onset disasters like sea level rise. As the IPCC notes, loss and damage will only increase as climate change worsens. billion annually in climate finance by 2024.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the background , the question always looms, “Are these extreme weather events caused by climate change ? ”. Julia Aylen wades through waist deep water carrying her pet dog as she is rescued from her flooded home during Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Bahamas, Tuesday, Sept. As society evolves, extreme weather also changes.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 17, 2024

I’m no clownfish, but I think Marlin may have told this joke if Finding Nemo came out in 2024. April 2024 was the thirteenth month in a row that the global monthly sea surface temperature was the warmest on record and the North Atlantic broke temperature records 421 days in a row.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2024

On June 13, the Delaware River Basin Commission announced that at its June 5 quarterly public business meeting it approved a resolution directing staff to develop a Climate Resilience Plan that includes elements related to planning, consultation, outreach, education and rulemaking concerning climate change.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 26, 2024

Guest Post by Alex Siggers , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. However, it is much less likely that you have heard how altered climate regimes will impact the ground beneath you. Credit: IPCC Special Report on Climate Change & Land, Chapter 3, 2019 What role do we have in this mess?

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